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THE SOFT SKIN, from one of the New Wave's most prolific directors, Francois Truffaut, is a brilliant classic replete with intrigue, emotion, and stunning imagery. This anatomy of an affair between successful publisher and novelist Pierre Lachenay (Jean Desailly), and airline stewardess Nicole (Francoise Dorleac), begins on .. Read more

Starring	Jean Desailly, Francoise Dorleac, Nelly Benedetti, Daniel Ceccaldi
Director	Francois Truffaut
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- A superb tragi-comedy of adultery in which a middle-aged intellectual ducking out from under a demanding wife tries to... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
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- - 9
  - 0
  This film bombed on ...
  
  This film bombed on first release as critics saw a cliched story of adultory with an unsympathetic hero. For me viewing the film now it seems an absolute gem. ... read more »
  
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  - Zamy
  - 546 reviews
  - London
  - 10 Aug 2004 at 10:09
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  The Soft Skin
  
  A bit old fashioned,well acted,good scenes, the ending was a bit melodramatic and maybe not really fitting the film. An interesting study of infidelity and how ... read more »
  
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- - Ave
  - 62 reviews
  - Rickmansworth
  - 12 Dec 2010 at 12:19
- - 2
  - 1
  The Soft Skin
  
  I was bored to tears. This film moves so so slowly. I didn't care what happened to the characters, they were rather dull. So I gave up after about 45 ... read more »
  
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- - jackiwithani
  - 4 reviews
  - Peterborough, England
  - 22 Jun 2010 at 21:56
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  - 0
  Interesting
  
  Beautifully shot film unfolding very slowly and then gathering pace until its climactic end. The main characters seemed very bourgoise in a low key sixties way... read more »
  
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- - Proactive
  - 24 reviews
  - London
  - 03 Jun 2009 at 12:12
- - 0
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  Straight line
  
  A little too obvious, and a little too detailed.
  
  But you can't beat the French flair for telling emotional stuff.
  
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- - a customer
  - not living on a French farm
  - 17 May 2009 at 08:14
- - 2
  - 0
  engrossing
  
  I was hooked right fom the start and the evening's viewing shot by.It shows the same old,sad old story(man with highly strung wife(and boy,isn't she?) ... read more »
  
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- - H. D
  - Salisbury
  - 19 Jul 2008 at 11:54
- - 0
  - 2
  Francoise Dorleac
  
  What more needs to be said, she is fantastic and so stunning and pleasing to the eye. Why do the good die young?
  
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- - a customer
  - uk
  - 19 Oct 2007 at 18:33
- - 1
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  Magnifique
  
  Can a hundred critcs be wrong? Oui! Having been SO dissapointed with 'Cache' I was beginning to wonder whether my love of French cinema was waning - ... read more »
  
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- - Aphro
  - 70 reviews
  - SURBITON
  - 01 Mar 2006 at 07:59
- - 1
  - 1
  La Peau Dull
  
  Not one of Truffaut's best - a rather drab affair about a drab affair. The central love story never convinces because Pierre Desailly is so monumentally ... read more »
  
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  - Leyland
  - 16 Feb 2005 at 14:11
- - 3
  - 0
  Better than expected.
  
  Originally bombing at the Canne festival and home critics slaying this film, it plays a lot better forty years later.
  
  Truffaut's third film, and ... read more »
  
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- - John Florence
  - United Kingdom
  - 06 Nov 2004 at 10:29
- - 9
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  This film bombed on ...
  
  This film bombed on first release as critics saw a cliched story of adultory with an unsympathetic hero. For me viewing the film now it seems an absolute gem. ... read more »
  
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- - Zamy
  - 546 reviews
  - London
  - 10 Aug 2004 at 10:09
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- - 9
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  This film bombed on ...
  
  This film bombed on first release as critics saw a cliched story of adultory with an unsympathetic hero. For me viewing the film now it seems an absolute gem. ... read more »
  
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- 43600
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  - Zamy
  - 546 reviews
  - London
  - 10 Aug 2004 at 10:09
- - 5
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  This was a real ...
  
  This was a real surprise, a hidden treasure for someone who is crazy about Truffaut and had never heard of this early one. As per his classics like 400 Blows ... read more »
  
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- - dad#2
  - OXFORD
  - 26 Jan 2004 at 23:34
- - 4
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  Does Truffaut age well?
  
  Here's one of the ironies of the evolution of culture. If a screenwriter turned up with a story like this now, he'd quickly be shown the door. We don&#... read more »
  
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- - RustyT
  - Dorset
  - 01 Jun 2004 at 09:05
- - 3
  - 0
  Better than expected.
  
  Originally bombing at the Canne festival and home critics slaying this film, it plays a lot better forty years later.
  
  Truffaut's third film, and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 24392
- - John Florence
  - United Kingdom
  - 06 Nov 2004 at 10:29
- - 2
  - 0
  engrossing
  
  I was hooked right fom the start and the evening's viewing shot by.It shows the same old,sad old story(man with highly strung wife(and boy,isn't she?) ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 600372
- - H. D
  - Salisbury
  - 19 Jul 2008 at 11:54
- - 2
  - 1
  Not the greatest of Truffaut's films.
  
  Really not the greatest of Truffaut's film I have seen. Script is slow, unoriginal and slightly dated. Still worth seeing though.
  
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- - tawana
  - London
  - 24 Jan 2004 at 16:38
- - 2
  - 1
  The Soft Skin
  
  I was bored to tears. This film moves so so slowly. I didn't care what happened to the characters, they were rather dull. So I gave up after about 45 ... read more »
  
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- 900747
- - jackiwithani
  - 4 reviews
  - Peterborough, England
  - 22 Jun 2010 at 21:56
- - 2
  - 1
  The Soft Skin
  
  A bit old fashioned,well acted,good scenes, the ending was a bit melodramatic and maybe not really fitting the film. An interesting study of infidelity and how ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 946310
- - Ave
  - 62 reviews
  - Rickmansworth
  - 12 Dec 2010 at 12:19
- - 1
  - 0
  This is one of these ...
  
  This is one of these rare events. A film about sex but not sexually explicet. It is done with wit and good humour. Excellent viewing
  
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- - Ian#51
  - EDINBURGH
  - 23 Apr 2004 at 10:08
- - 1
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  Magnifique
  
  Can a hundred critcs be wrong? Oui! Having been SO dissapointed with 'Cache' I was beginning to wonder whether my love of French cinema was waning - ... read more »
  
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- - Aphro
  - 70 reviews
  - SURBITON
  - 01 Mar 2006 at 07:59

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  THE SOFT SKIN, from one of the New Wave's most prolific directors, Francois Truffaut, is a brilliant classic replete with intrigue, emotion, and stunning imagery. This anatomy of an affair between successful publisher and novelist Pierre Lachenay (Jean Desailly), and airline stewardess Nicole (...